IVS: CHAPTER 11 WORDS:
BLATANT
GLOAT
BLIGHT
IMMACULATE
CONTRIVE
PLAGIARISM
GARBLE
QUALM
GAUNT
RETALIATE
IVS: CH. 11 - TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT:
1. Blatant (blā' tənt) - adjective
The company's disregard of the environment is blatant. It
makes no effort to stop polluting coastal waters with
garbage.
a. unmistakable
b. scrambled
c. not noticeable
2. Blight (blīt) - noun
There are two ways of looking at TV: as a blight that dulls
the mind or as a valuable source of information.
something…
a. that assists
b. very obvious
c. that harms
3. Contrive (kən' trīv) - verb
Jill has to contrive a way to get a day off from work for
her friend's wedding. She's already used up her vacation
time.
a. to think up
b. to mix up
c. to avoid
4. Garble (găr' bəl) - verb
The company had garbled the bike's assembly instructions
so badly that we were constantly confused about which
step to do next.
a. to read
b. to lose
c. to jumble
5. Gaunt (gônt) - adjective
Sharon's eating disorder, called anorexia nervosa, has
made her so gaunt that she looks like a walking skeleton.
a. very thin
b. wide
c. confused
6. Gloat (glōt) - verb
Neil's sister always tattles on him and then gloats when
he's punished, saying, "I told you so."
a. to apologize fully
b. to be overly self-satisfied
c. to pay back
7. Immaculate (ĭ-măk' yə-lĭt) - adjective
Don't expect children to come home from a party with
immaculate clothing. Children usually manage to get as much
birthday cake on their clothing as in their mouths.
a. uncomfortable
b. spotless
c. soiled
8. Plagiarism (plā' jĕ-rĭz' əm) - noun
The teacher warned her students that using an author's
words as one's own is plagiarism.
a. Creativity
b. the stealing of ideas
c. planning
9. Qualm (kwŏm) - noun
Larry is so honest that he has qualms about telling "little
white lies." For instance, it bothers him to say he likes a
friend's new haircut when he really doesn't.
a. a guilty feeling
b. a proud memory
c. a clever plan
10. Retaliate (rĭ-tăl' ē-āt) - verb
When Ron refused to pay his little sister for washing his
car, she retaliated by washing it again - with its windows
open.
a. to forgive
b. to take revenge
c. to confuse
IVS: CH. 11 - MATCHING WORDS WITH DEFINITIONS:
1. Qualm
An uneasy feeling about how right or proper a particular action is
2. Garble
To mix up or confuse (as a story or message); scramble
3. Gloat
To feel or express delight or self-satisfaction, often spitefully
4. Blight
Something that weakens, damages, or destroys
5. Plagiarism Using someone else's writings or ideas as one's own
6. Contrive
To plan cleverly; think up
7. Retaliate
To return an injury for an injury; pay back
8. Blatant
Very obvious, often offensively so
9. Immaculate Perfectly clean
10. Gaunt
Thin and bony